Kerama Airport

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Coordinates: 26°10′06″N 127°17′36″E / 26.16833, 127.29333

Kerama Airport
慶良間空港
Kerama Kūkō
IATA: KJP – ICAO: ROKR
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Okinawa Prefecture
Serves Kerama Islands
Location Zamami, Okinawa, Japan
Elevation AMSL 156 ft / 47.5 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 800 2,625 Paved

Kerama Airport (慶良間空港 Kerama Kūkō?) (IATA: KJP, ICAO: ROKR)[1] is located in Fukajijima in Zamami near Zamami Island in the Kerama Islands in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The prefecture operates the airport, which is classified as a third class airport.

Kerama gained commercial flights on an on and off basis in 1984[2]. In 2006 Ryukyu Air Commuter suspended flights.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Airport information for KJP / ROKR at Great Circle Mapper
  2. ^ "Kerama Airport, Okinawa Prefecture
  3. ^ "Kerama Airport Guide," Japan Airlines

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